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Bertie County commissioners enter closed session amid move to dissolve Social Services Board
Summary
The board moved into closed session citing North Carolina statutes after advancing the motion to assume control of the Social Services Board; the meeting returned to open session and the chair announced limited public details due to confidentiality.
After the motion to assume control of the Bertie County Social Services Board was made and seconded, the board voted to go into closed session citing North Carolina statutes that govern executive sessions, then later returned to open session and announced no details would be disclosed publicly because of confidentiality.
The chair said a motion was made to enter closed session pursuant to the North Carolina general statutes read on the record; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote. The transcript records the board returning from closed session and moving on with the meeting but does not include the content of what was discussed during the closed session.
The chair later told attendees that confidentiality matters limited what could be said publicly about the board’s decision-making. The public record in the meeting consists of the motion to enter closed session and the chair’s post-session statement; no additional documents or minutes from the closed session are in the transcript.
